Done with my wood for the year.

[Flatbedford]

I finished reloading my stacks for the year yesterday. This brings me back to about 13 cords c/s/s. The newly stacked wood is about 3 cords Black Locust, 1 cord Red Oak, and 1/2 cord Norway or Silver Maple. This is scheduled for 2015-16 and the last of it might end up starting 2016-17. Here's some pictures from early January through yesterday. This is just about all that I can fit on my suburban .25 acre.
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Happy to be done before the hot weather two years in a row now. I have next year's supply lined up already. I'll be picking away at cutting and stacking about 3 cords of White Oak at a friends place over the coming months. I'll bring it home to split and stack as I make room for it next winter.

 

[Mr A]

Looks like some room between the sheds? I've got 10 cords total with about 2 to still work on, splitting and stacking. I found some nice logs that I will go see if they are still there in about 5 years. I'm all out of room myself. My next challenge will be to get it all covered.

 

[Flatbedford]

The rusted metal shed is my neighbor's. The one on the other side of the fence is the other neighbor's. Remember this is on 1/4 acre.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

You've done well Steve.

 

[Waulie]

Nice! I think I might be done cutting and splitting for now too. I just need to move it from the random stacks and piles in the woods to the proper resting place. I think I have around 8 cord now which is about 2.5 years worth. Should get to 11 or 12 cord pretty easy this fall, then I'll hit the magical 3 year ahead mark. A day to finish moving the wood, then it's garden time!

 

[bogydave]

Things of beauty.
Good feeling , eh?

Very nice work !

 

[weatherguy]

Feels good to be done before the hot weather comes doesn it? I just have a small pile to cut and split and Ill be done also, some times yard work gets in the way.

 

[Beer Belly]

Nice to be done already....but I can still see grass, you got more room

 

[Bster13]

What are the specs for your house, how many cord do you go through a year? Congrats!

 

[Woody Stover]

Nice!
Those look like some pretty tall stacks...
I'll still be stacking a bit more here, but will be doing a lot of cutting and dumping rounds at the in-laws for them to split and stack. If I can get the score behind my MIL's house, I'll work that up; That would be a few cords I would not have to haul over there, but it's Oak, so it's not wood for this year...

 

[chvymn99]

13 cords in 1/4 acre. WOW!! Its soo nice not having to play catchup, when your ahead of the ball game.

 

[Flatbedford]

I burn about 4 cords per year. The house is two floors and about 1800 sq.ft., drafty, and poorly insulated. My stove is not centrally located on the main floor so 1/2 of the main floor needs help from the propane fueled furnace in the colder weather, but the second floor is comfy in all but the coldest and windiest weather.

I worked my a$$ off getting this far ahead, and 2011-12's unusually warm weather helped too. Now it is fairly easy to replace 4 cords per year. If I had more room, I could easily have another 4 cords on hand with all the storm damage around here over the last two years.

 

[raybonz]

Lookin' good there Steve! We have around the same amount of wood You can fit quite a bit of wood in a yard of that size! Heck I have 8 cord on 2 rows of pallets a total of 50 running feet.. Bet you fit more easily if you wanted to..

Ray

 

[Flatbedford]

I stack three rows deep on pallets for about 90 running feet. It is most of one property line.

 

[Dix]

That looks awesome, Steve !! Nice, nice work !

 

[raybonz]

I stack three rows deep on pallets for about 90 running feet. It is most of one property line.

Makes for a great looking boundary in my opinion! Didn't you recently get a huge wood score on some massive trees too?

Ray

 

[loadstarken]

Looks good but as others have said I still see grass!
I'm in the same situation as you being on a .25 acre and running out of room.

Once I get my driveway full of rounds and splits stacked into the backyard I will start loading up my parents backyard a town away.
They are wood burners also but they just do it for looks mostly because they like their house 55-60degrees.

 

[Mr A]

they like their house 55-60degrees.

I liked it in the 60';s myself, before I started burning. Towards the end of winter, 70 started feeling a bit chilly. I keep a large pile of rounds in the driveway also. I have split them in the driveway, then wheel barrow to the stack in the back yard. I tried something different. I hauled whole rounds close to the stack spot and split them there. Much easier to stack with it all piled there in front of the stack.

 

[Flatbedford]

Didn't you recently get a huge wood score on some massive trees too? Ray

Yes I did. I'll stack it at the site as I cut, and move it home as I make room for it next winter.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/white-oak.95430/

 

[OldLumberKid]

I guess there comes a time, and when you're done for the year, you're done ...
I definitely prefer to do my cutting and splitting in the cold weather.

 

[nate379]

I'm still waiting for the snow to melt and the ground firm up a bit. I walked out in the backyard earlier today and sank to my ankles.

 

[Flatbedford]

I almost got my tractor stuck in my muddy lawn in January. We never really had a good frost down here this winter. It didn't really get cold until February.

 

[nate379]

I tried to walk an excavator across the yard to dig out some sinkholes. Didn't realize you could get those things THAT stuck!

 

[OldLumberKid]

Sinkhole have been getting a lot of attention out here in the East, and Florida, a few folks, even a house, swallowed up. "Careful with that excavator, Eugene"

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I'm still waiting for the snow to melt and the ground firm up a bit. I walked out in the backyard earlier today and sank to my ankles.

Perhaps you should also consider taking it easy on the body for a while too Nate. It doesn't matter which bone, they take time to heal.